New Chapter: The Origins of the Isolated Land Beyond the Sea of Space-time

In the courtyard, there is a spring that never freezes, lotus leaves that are crystal green, and plump flower buds that are just beginning to bloom, rippling with a faint pink glow.

Wang Xuan stood by the pond, his eyes somewhat glazed over. There were no koi in the pond, but the scenery of World Mountain was vaguely reflected in it.

"It's no longer possible. The water is murky, and the scenery is blurry and unclear. Long ago, an ancestor said that this pool used to illuminate all worlds and allow one to observe the extraordinary Central Great Universe and move accordingly. But it's no longer possible."

Wearing a short skirt and a shawl, the woman with shoulder-length black hair was named Jin Yao. Undeterred by the cold, she sat on a stone stool by the pond, her long, white legs exposed, and played with drawing characters in the snow with her feet.

Wang Xuan was deeply moved and truly admired them immensely. He wondered what kind of people their ancestors were, that they could sit in the courtyard and observe the Supernatural World through a pool of water.

Outside the courtyard, far away, stands a towering pine tree, covered in snow. Its trunk, like a burdened Old Dragon, bends laboriously, struggling to reach the sky.

The young man with the silver buzz cut also introduced himself as Bai Hong. He had strong facial features and pointed to the towering ancient pine tree in the distance, saying, "There used to be a World Tree there, but it died and was replaced by a green pine."

Wang Xuan was speechless. This place was indeed extraordinary; every scene had a story and an amazing past.

"Where exactly is this place?" he couldn't help but ask again.

A woman with short, shoulder-length hair walked over. Her name was Ruo Nan. She spoke calmly, "A remote and desolate place, a refugee's home. There's no point in talking about the past. Now it's just isolated overseas, cold, quiet, and rarely visited."

Wang Xuan looked at her. Was this girl with clear, clean, and refreshing eyes really helping someone with their illness, or was she deliberately forcing Wu Dalang to take medicine?

"The sea you're talking about, you mean..." He didn't believe that the sea she was referring to was the normal ocean.

"Chaotic Space-time Sea." Sure enough, that was her answer. This so-called "overseas" refers to being detached from Outside All Worlds.

"Let's go back to the room. It's rare to have guests. Let's go have a drink and wait for our other friend to wake up," the silver-haired youth said.

Although they didn't go into details, Wang Xuan learned some things as he returned to the living room with them.

When he and Wu Tian pierced through the veil atop World Mountain, it was as if they had broken free from the real world and entered that chaotic sea of time and space, where they were discovered and pulled ashore by several people.

When the two first arrived, they both felt that the light in front of them was blinding and their minds went blank. In fact, they were being questioned when they were pulled up in Fishing Net.

Wu Tian was completely bewildered at the time and uttered the words "Dalang".

Wang Xuan then softly called out: Wang Ye, Wang Xin...

The three of them didn't hide anything and simply mentioned it briefly.

Wang Xuan felt a pang of sadness; he would probably never see his three children, Wang Ye, Wang Xin, Wang Hui, again.

After a brief moment of distraction, he regained his composure.

Without a doubt, that Fishing Net was absolutely terrifying. It was capable of rescuing people from the chaotic Time Sea and causing him and Wu Tian to become mentally disoriented. It was definitely not an ordinary thing.

Could it also be a top-tier contraband item? He suddenly thought to himself.

This place is a bit outrageous; there's a Soul Summoning Banner and a strangely large net.

"Among the artifacts left by our ancestors, only that net has erased all traces of the past, so it can be safely offered up."

After sitting for a while in the living room, Wang Xuan was finally led to the dining table. The fruits and dishes on the plates looked quite good and tempting.

"Come, try the wine I brought." Wang Xuan didn't dare touch their food and drinks, worried that he might find something strange or unusual.

He also gave his name, Wu Xuan, and called himself Wu Erlang.

"Wu Tian Wu Dalang, and you Wu Xuan Wu Erlang, that's easy to remember." Ruo Nan, the woman with short, ear-length hair, nodded.

"This wine is alright, but it's not aged long enough, and the rich aroma and flavor beyond the wine itself are a bit weak," Bai Hong commented on Wang Xuan's wine.

Then, he poured a cup of viscous liquid from a wine jar that was full of the marks of time. It was sticky and had crystalline threads that swayed and lingered at the mouth of the jar for a long time.

Indeed, the aroma of the wine was incredibly enticing and rich; the liquid shimmered, and it was already intoxicating even before one had tasted it.

At Wang Xuan's level, normal wine could not make him drunk unless it contained a Daoist essence that transcended the wine itself, and contained strange and rare substances.

Although he really wanted to try it, he took a sip of his own wine first.

Just then, Wu Tian woke up, sat up alertly, and walked out of the bedroom. He saw them drinking and chatting happily, and was slightly taken aback at first. Then, as if he remembered something, he almost vomited.

What kind of bizarre stuff did he drink before he fell into a deep sleep?!

"Give me a cup!" Wu Tian walked over quickly, trying to get rid of the strange taste lingering in his mouth.

Then, the cup of sticky wine that Bai Hong had poured out of the old jar not long ago was his. He gulped it down and immediately... his expression changed drastically. The taste was unique, yet familiar. Had he tasted it not long ago?

He stood frozen in place, unsure whether to drink the wine or not.

"How was it?" Wang Xuan asked him with great interest.

"Didn't you drink it?" Wu Tian turned to look at him and communicated telepathically.

"I heard their liquor is exceptionally strong, and since I can't hold my liquor, I drank the one I brought myself," Wang Xuan told him.

"It smells like medicine!" Wu Tian said, his face grim. He could detect at least two familiar smells: the main ingredient of the Calming Soup, the brain matter of a million-year-old zombie, and the exotic golden lotus that had grown on rotten flesh and bones.

He really couldn't drink it, but in this strange place, his cultivation was suppressed. If he just vomited it out, it would be too disrespectful to the owner of this place.

"Wu Dalang, please!" Ruo Nan, the woman who had once forced him to take the medicine, raised her glass with a bright smile.

"Come on, drink this cup of Million-Year Zombie brain liquor fermented in an old jar." Bai Hong also stood up and toasted him with a smile. Just from the name, you could tell how strong the flavor was.

"Cheers!" Wang Xuan downed his own bottle of wine in one gulp.

Wu Tian's body was stiff, his wine glass held there motionless.

"Haha..." Jin Yao laughed, swaying her long, white legs as she stood up. Her golden eyes shone with a hint of rosy light as she said, "We are guests from afar. We are not cannibals, so why would we drink zombie brain wine? We were just trying to scare you."

Ruo Nan, the short-haired woman who had given Wu Dalang the medicine, told him directly that the main ingredients were dragon's true bone, phoenix marrow, and Void Golden Lotus, all of which were Divine Great Medicine and not rotten things.

Immortal Dao Tiger Bone Wine is already quite potent, but this is wine infused with True Dragon Bone.

Dragon Liver Phoenix Marrow are hailed as the finest delicacies, and this dish contains phoenix marrow.

As for the Void Golden Lotus, it goes without saying that it is of the Super Immortal Grade.

"Good wine!" Wu Tian drank it down in one gulp. He believed what the other person said. In fact, since waking up, he felt better than ever before.

Wang Xuan used his Spiritual Heavenly Eye to look at the wine jar that had accumulated the power of time, observing the wine. It was a pale golden color with a divine light, and he felt it was very sacred and there was nothing wrong with it.

"Come on, Wu Erlang, you don't need to worry anymore. Drink our wine; it's good for your health." Bai Hong also poured a glass for Wang Xuan.

"Bite!"

Amidst the crisp clinking of jade cups, Wang Xuan drank a cup and immediately experienced its wonders. His physical body was purified, and he vaguely felt a strengthening of his bones and internal organs.

He achieved immortality through physical means and broke through his limits many times, so his flesh and blood were naturally extremely strong. However, he still benefited from it, feeling warm all over his body, with some of his bones itching, and his bones becoming increasingly white and lustrous.

He felt that this seemed to have accumulated a lot of benefits for the future.

"The ingredients for brewing wine are too hard to find. We can't find the best ones, so we can only go this far. Otherwise, this wine could help extraordinary people develop some Innate Texture in their bones. This is the wine that our ancestors used to practice their skills," Ruo Nan said.

The origin of this liquor's original recipe is truly astonishing!

"Wu Dalang, how do you feel? Tattooing on bones is an extremely dangerous path. Have the problems you've experienced improved?" Ruo Nan asked.

Wu Tian nodded solemnly and said, "Indeed, the bones have become more radiant. In the past, I was too eager for quick results and some problems arose. I shouldn't have artificially carved the bones, but rather let them naturally develop Dao patterns."

"Upon meeting you, we sensed that you might be following the path of our ancestors, attempting to Dao-imperialized and practice the scriptures of that time. However, from bones and flesh to spirit... it's difficult!"

Jin Yao shook her head. She was dressed lightly and looked youthful and beautiful, like a modern city girl. It was strange that she was talking about the supreme path of Dao-imperialized.

But that's the truth; these people have very distinguished ancestors.

"What exactly is your background?"

Wang Xuan and Wu Tian were both eager to know their Roots.

"A fallen man, a refugee clan, let's not talk about him, it would be a disgrace to our ancestors." Bai Hong shook his head and sighed.

Jin Yao's eyes sparkled with golden light as she said, "We are indeed all avoiding disaster. You have also sensed that something is different here. This world is not friendly to you, suppressing the extraordinary, while we are quite adapted to it."

"That's how it is!" Wu Tian nodded. Even someone as powerful as him had no temper here. He was being held down and forced to take medicine by the short-haired girl Ruo Nan, and he couldn't even get up.

"This is a floating boat, a pure land, left to us by our ancestors, suspended outside the Chaotic Space-time. The rules here have changed. Extraordinary people who enter will be suppressed to the bottom and will hardly be able to threaten us. As for ourselves, we have abandoned our original path and no longer practice the scriptures left by our ancestors, otherwise we would also be under pressure."

After Bai Hong finished speaking, he led them outside the courtyard and into the distance. It was indeed just a floating piece of land, but upon closer inspection, it also resembled a giant tree.

"This is the World Tree Heart, a floating treasure ship, a pure land for escaping disaster," Jin Yao said.

In the distance, in the vast expanse of time and space, rules surge, and the Space-time Turbulence are endless, creating chaos, like an endless ocean.

This place is isolated from the world, transcending worldly affairs.

Normal time has no effect on this place, and the vast universe seems to be completely isolated from it.

Ruo Nan looked solemn and said, "Similarly, we rarely go out, otherwise we will die. We stopped practicing those rules, methods, and supernatural powers in the outside world a long time ago, so we can't fight against those enemies."

Standing here is like standing in the sky, looking down at the vast sea of clouds. In fact, it is a sea of time and space, and this place is like a floating island.

Jin Yao sighed, "If we go out and are discovered by our old enemies, they might hunt us down and not let us go."

"This happened many years ago, and someone is still watching you?" Wang Xuan asked.

"Yes, to be precise, it's been more than a century. No one can say for sure how many years it has been. It involves the Dao Struggle, and those people wanted to wipe them all out." Bai Hong was very disappointed and extremely melancholy.

Although the traces left by their ancestors are blurred and difficult to trace, it can be guessed that they were absolutely supreme in their time, an existence that looked down on the rise and fall of all worlds, but in the end they completely fell.

Wang Xuan was quite shocked. He had finally seen a race that could last for more than one century. This was actually an incredibly powerful civilization!

"We are the remnants of the old era. We sought refuge here, and generation after generation died. As we have multiplied to this day, our numbers are dwindling, with only about two hundred people left. Sooner or later, the entire clan will be wiped out." Ruo Nan was very pessimistic.

"Why don't you go out and try practicing the Supreme Scripture Fragment left by your ancestors again, and carefully venture into the mortal world?" Wang Xuan said.

Jin Yao said, "There are people who go out to find a way out, but judging from the soul light imprints they leave behind, most of them are dead, and a few survive but never come back."

"You are refugees from the old era... do you still have similar places?" Wu Tian asked.

"There are probably similar places. A long time ago, we encountered a floating island. We silently gazed at each other from afar, passing by each other without disturbing one another." Bai Hong's tone was particularly heavy.

"Are your enemies that strong?" Even Wu Tian was deeply surprised. There were Soul Summoning Banner and Fishing Net here, which were probably Super Contraband Item, but they were old and worn out. These people had not used them to go out and explore.

"It's very powerful. Our ancestor died in battle back then. Although there are forbidden Ancestor Artifact here, once we leave this place, the enemy might sense and deduce them. After all, the Ancestor Artifact are on a certain list."

Wang Xuan and Wu Tian exchanged glances, both sensing that this clan had an astonishing background, and their enemy was even more terrifying.

"We need your help." Finally, they brought up the matter they had mentioned before.

Bai Hong said solemnly, "I won't let you help me for nothing. Although most of the things left by our ancestors have been lost, forgotten, or destroyed over the years, there are still one or two scrolls of scriptures left."